A small amphibious mammal which has a tendency to hoard it's food in secluded spaces. Although it can survive on land it seems to prefer an aquatic environment. It feeds mainly on underwater vegetation but will also eat small fish.

Congratulations on being a Splice "Create A Creature" contest semi-finalist! The director of Splice, Vincenzo Natali, had this to say about your entry: "What is it with gastropods?! This obsession is getting out of control. But I like it. And in this case I love mixing it up with something cute. Always a good combination."

This is so awesome! I love the way it all flows together as if it is truly meant to be a true creature. The side story is really cute. I am so excited to see an a sculpture make it this far in the contest. Super Good Luck!

Its kinda funny. I just started sculpting without any real plan. I had a very vague idea in my head, thats it. I just kept adding to it till I was happy with it.Originally I was thinking it was going to have a tail but after I made the bulb for the head I realized there was no room for it. I also hadn't intended on the suction cups but once I started putting them on they just looked amazing. The story was also made up on the spot when I submitted it.

So in short, Absolutely nothing about this sculpture was planned past me saying I want to combine a squirrel and an octopus.

Well, being deadly wasn't part of the criteria. I was looking at all the other entries and thought"Why would scientists make such awful, terrible killing machines?"So I decided to make something that is relatively harmless.

As for how big it is. The sculpture is about 2½in tall, 4½in wide, and 6in front to back. There are also 130 suction cups spread across all the tentacles. It took about an hour per tentacle to get them all on.